Handle and frame for dresser set utensils and the like



vDec. 6, 1938 wsTl-:lNEN l 2,139,554 n HANDLE AND FRAME FOR DRESSER SET TENSILS AND THE LIKE Filed Deo. 14, 19s? INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 6, 1938 UNITED STATE-S PATENT OFFICE HANDLE AND FRAME FOR DRE-SSER SET UTENSILS AND THE LIKE 7 Claims.

The present invention relates to handles and frames for dresser sets and the like and particularly relates to handle and frame constructions for mirrors, brushes and other articles. utilized 1n 5' connection with the toilet and dressing sets.

It is among the objects of the present invention to provide an improved frame and handle construction which may be particularly applied to mirrors, brushes and other articles useful in toilet or dresser sets, in which the mirror back and handle will be formed o-r contained in a frame which may be inexpensively and readily manufactured by relatively simple dies at a high rate of production and without the necessity of using soldered joints or unnecessary iinishing operations.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved toilet or dresser set utensil frame and handle construction which will be rigid and strong, yet of inexpensive and light construction and which, in spite of its rugged character will be pleasing in appearance and will be decorative and ornamental.

Other objects will be obvious or will be apparent during the course of the following specica.- tion.

In accomplishing the above objects, it will be found most suitable, according to one embodiment of the present invention, to form the frame of U or V shaped integral channel rim members which continue without break from the frame into the handle portion.

Preferably, these channel members are bent to a desired polygonal or circle .contour to receive the mirror or back of the brush and the backing plate or frame and to form the sides of the handle.

If desired, the channel members may be split at the top of the frame and at the end of the handle and the ends thereof drawn togetherv by suitable clips or fastening means preferably of ornamental form.

Enclosed in and clamped at its periphery by the channel members in the frame, in addition tothe mirror or back of the brush, is a supporting plate which may be made of metal or of heavy fibre or cardboard stock. The plate may have an integralv extension into the handle portion or it may be provided with a rod or strip of metal spot Welded or riveted to the central portion thereof, which rod or strip of metal will extend into the handle section.

The handle is relatively narrower than the frame and it may be either straight or rounded or bulged at its outer end. The twochannel members closely face each other in the handle and grip the extension of the metal or stiff paper back plate and also reinforcing metal facing or other members which may be desirably placed in the body of the handle.

The present invention is particularly directed to the manner in which said channel member may be tightly gripped both upon the handle and upon the mirror or brush back and the iron or metal backing plate without the necessity of 10 utilizing pull rods extending through the handle member or any other tightening means which are designed to pull the handle and the backing plate together by screwing up elements on or associated with the handle member.

It is among the further objects of the present invention to provide an improved construction which will enable the channel membersy to be tightly forced upon the elements contained within the handle and the frame without screw 20 threads, nuts, bolts or other elements, which cause undue expense and manufacture and increase the cost of the assembly, and which, at the same time, Will assure a permanent assembly which will not tend to become disengaged or 25 loosened even though subjected to considerable handling.

The present application is a continuation 1n part of application, Serial No. 110,831, filed November 14, 1936, and is continued in part in apf 30 plication, Serial` No. 192,690, led February 26, 1938.

In accomplishing these last mentioned objects, it has been found most satisfactory to form the frame either of one piece or of two pieces and to 35 assemble the handle plates, the backing plate or the mirror or brush back therein while the channel members at the throat or at the point ofconnection between the frame and the handle will be relatively loose and in untightened position.

The channel members extending from the top of the frame to the end of the handle should preferably be integral and these channel or rim members are permanently joined together at the top of the frame and at the end of the handle.

To tighten the channel members and form a permanent rigid connection, which will not tend to break at the throat, a flaring throat sleeve 1s either pressed up upon the handle from the bot 50 tom thereof to draw the throat portions of the channel members together, or a split sleeve is placed around the throat and connected together.

TonguesI or tabs on the throat sleeve construction are stamped into position t0 grip the frame 55 elements and assure a permanent connection which will not loosen with usage.

In the drawing which shows some of the various possible embodiments of the present invene tion but to which the invention is by 4no means restricted since many changes and modications may be made therein all within the scope of the" `handle upon the line 5 5 of Figure l upon a somewhat enlarged scale as compared to Figure l.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional View of the end of the handle upon the line 6--6 of Figure 2 and upon a somewhat enlarged scale as compared with Figure 2.

Referring to Figure 1, the channel member A which may be of V shape or U shape, is shown as being formed of two symmetrical elements B which are formed at C of oval shape to enclose a mirror D and a backing plate E.

The integral extensions F form the sides of the handle G.

rIhe ends of the frame elements B are locked together at the top of the frame E by the element H and at the end of the handle by the element I.

The throat element J is positioned upon the handle at the point of connection of the oval frame E and the handle G.

The side elements B are normally pressed out from flat brass or aluminum metal in the form of a straight channel of U or V contour and these channels are. then stamped out and cut toform the frame element A.

If desired, the frame and handle elements consisting of the portions F and C may be formed in one piece, but in the construction shown, the elements are split, as indicated at I0, into two complementary or symmetrical elements C which are tied together at the top of the oval frame E by the element H.

The element H is provided with the tongues I which t into openings I2 in the outside face or base I3 of the vchannels B.

Enclosed between the two portions C of the frame A is the mirror D with bevelled edges I4 and the backing support plate I5 which may be of metal, hard fiber, cardboard, and so forth.

Between the backing plate I5 and the mirror D is the flexible material indicated diagrammatically at I6, said backing material permitting ilexibility and preventing direct contact between the mirror D and backing plate I 5.

The backing plate I5 may be covered by Celluloid or paper, if of metal, and said paper or Celluloid may have an extension down into the handle G, if desired.

The backing plate I5 may be provided with a riveted or spot welded rod or strip which extends into and forms a part of the handle G, but in the embodiment shown the backing plate I5 is provided with an integral extension |'I having the full width of the handle, which extends between the inside recesses I3 of the channel eXtensions F.

Corresponding to the mirror D, the handle G preferably receives a metal or ber plate I9 which is pressed closely against the extension II by the anges 2S of said channel F.

'Ihe ends of the channels F and of the strips Il and I 9 are held together at the end of the handle G by the cap I which is provided with a domed bottom 2| and the side elements 22 which have the inturned tongues 24 fitting in the openings 25 in the bases 26 of said channels F.

It will be noted that the bottom of the cap is shouldered at 2l to contact the lower ends 28 of the elements.

When the assembly so far described is made, the frame elements B will not as yet have been drawn tightly upon the mirror D, the plate I5 and the handle elements Il and I9.

As indicated by the dotted line 30 in Figure 4, the frame elements B at the throat will extend slightly beyond their final dimension.-

To draw in the throat portions 3| of the frame elements D, the throat sleeve element J is pressed upwardly upon the handle G.

The throat element J may be placed upon the handle assembly before the cap I is attached or it may be of suicient size as to slide over the cap I.

Where the handle assembly G, however, is of bulging contour or of irregular shape, it is desirable to split the throat collar J at the side 62 indicated at Figure 3 and have tongues extending therefrom into the base I8 of the channel F to lock the throat in position.

The throat J when in position, as shown in Figures 1 to 3, should draw the throat portions of the frame from the dotted line position 3U to the solid line position 3| to tighten the entire structure.

To hold the throat element J permanently in position, the tongues 32 may be turned inwardly to extend into the openings 33 in the base I8 of the channel portions C or the tab portions 35 are bent inwardly to engage the inner edge 66 of the rim or frame portions B.

'I'he sides of the throat element J are bulged, as indicated at 36.

If desired, the tongues 32 may be omitted and the throat portion might be held in position solely by the inturned tab portions 35.

The construction which finally results will be permanent and rugged, will be of relatively light weight and will be inexpensive to manufacture.

t will be noted that it is altogether devoid of screw machine parts, nuts and bolts and that it may be made entirely of stampings or shaped flat metal elements.

Moreover, the construction is artistic, decorative and ornamental and the frame construction A lends itself both to mirrors and to brushes of varying sizes and shapes for general use.

The oval shape of the frame E may be considerably varied so that such frame E may be square, trapasoidal, hexagonal, round, and so forth.

It will be particularly noted that the channel members extend integrally from the end of the handle G to the top of the frame C, and if de- Y sired, the split I I) might be eliminated by causing an integral connection of the sheet metal member forming the structure A.

Although the throat J is shown in one piece it is obvious that it might be made in two pieces and, if desired, other means inside of the throat may be utilized for drawing up the throat portions 3| from the dotted line position to the solid line position indicated in Figure 4.

The handle G instead of being flat might also be made of oval or tubular cross section and the channel portions F might be extended so that they will contact at their inside edges or they might be shaped so as to give an oval or circular handle.

It is apparent that the specific illustrations shown above have been given by way of illustration and not by way of limitation and that the structures above described are subject to wide variations and modification without departing from the scope or intent of the invention, all of which variations and modifications are to be included Within the scope of the present invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A frame and handle assembly comprising resilient side channel members, with the open channels facing each other, said channels being spaced to provide a widened frame receiving a face element and a back plate of the same contour as the face element, the peripheries of which are reecived in, and held by the sides of said channel members and said channels converging f together to form a throat and then continuing side by side to form a handle, said handle including an extension of said back plate, said handle also including a reinforcing plate extending the full width and length of said handle, said channel members being connected together, and means independent of said back plate extension consisting of a ferrule throat member encircling and contacting the channels at the base of the throat where they converge and causing contraction together of said channel portions at the narrow base of the throat drawing up said side channel members tightly together upon said face element and said back plate, said ferrule being locked in position to said channel members at said throat.

2. A frame and handle-mirror combination comprising resilient channel rims positioned side by side with the open portions facing, substantially spaced to form the sides of a frame, then converging to form the sides of a throat and finally closely spaced to form the sides of a handle, a mirror and a backing place of similar contour having an extension through said throat into said handle, said handle also including a reinforcing plate extending the full width and length of said handle, the peripheries of which mirror and plate are tightly held in the open portions of the sides of the frame, said rims being connected at the top of the frame and the end of the handle, and means consisting of a ferrule throat member encircling and contacting the channels at the base of the throat where they converge and causing contraction together of said channel portions at the narrow base of the throat reinforcing the throat and tightening said rims upon said mirror and plate independent of said back plate extension, said ferrule being locked in position to said channel members at said throat.

3. A frame and handle assembly comprising resilient side channel members, with the open channels facing each other, said channels being spaced to provide a widened frame receiving a face element and a back plate of the same contour as the face element, the peripheries of which are received in, and held by the sides of said channel members and said channels converging together to form a throat and then continuing side by side to form a handle, said handle including an extension of said back plate, said channel members being connected together, and means to reinforce said throat consisting of a ferrule throat member encircling and contacting the channels at the base of the throat where they converge and causing contraction together of said channel portions at the narrow base of the throat and a narrow elongated plate tightly held between the portions of channel members and extending past into said throat, said ferrule being locked in position to said channel members at said throat.

4. A frame and handle-mirror combination comprising resilient channel rim members positioned side by side with the open portions facing, substantially spaced' to form the sides of a frame, then converging to form the sides of a throat and finally closely spaced to form the sides of a handle, a mirror and a backing plate of similar contour having an extension through said throat into said handle, the peripheries of which mirror and plate are tightly held in the open portions of the sides of the frame, said rims being connected at the top of the frame and the end of the handle, and means to reinforce the throat and to tighten said rims upon said mirror and plate independent of said back plate extension, including a flared throat sleeve provided with inturned tang means to engage said channel rims on said frame beyond said throat, said throat sleeve constituting a ferrule which encircles, contacts and causes contraction of said channel members at the constricted portion of the throat and serving to draw said channel members tightly together upon said frame and upon said handie, said ferrule being locked in position to said channel members at said throat.

5. A frame and handle-mirror combination comprising resilient channel rims positioned side by side with the open portions facing, substantially spaced to form the sides of a frame, then converging to form the sides of a throat and iinally closely spaced to form the sides of a handle, a mirror and a backing plate of similar contour having an extension through said throat into said handle, the peripheries of which mirror and plate are tightly held in the open portions of the sides of the frame, said rims being connected at the top of the frame and the end of the handle, and means consisting of a ferrule throat member encircling and contacting the channels at the base of the throat where they converge and causing contraction together of said channel portions at the narrow base of the throat reinforcing the throat and tightening said rims upon said mirror and plate independent of said back plate eX- tension, said back plate extension consisting of a plate tightly held between said handle sides, said ferrule being locked in position to said channel members at said throat.

6. A frame and handle assembly comprising resilient side channel members, with the open channels facing each other, said channels being spaced to provide a widened frame receiving a face element and a back plate of the same contour as the face element, the peripheries of which are received in, and held by the sides of said channel members and said channels converging together to form a throat and then continuing side by side to form a handle, said handle including an extension of said back plate, said channel members being connected together, and means independent of said back plate extension to draw said side channel members tightly together upon said face element and said back plate, including a flared throat sleeve pressing the side channel members together at the throat, said throat sleeve constituting a errule which encircles, contacts and causes contraction of said channel members at the` constricted portion of the throat and serving to draw said channel members tightly together upon said frame and upon said handle, said ferrule being locked in position to said channel members at said throat.

7. A frame and handle assembly comprising resilient side channel members, with the open channels facing each other, said channels being spaced to provide a widened frame receiving a face element and a back plate of the same contour as the face element, the peripheries of which are received in, and held by the sides of said channel members and said channels converging together to form a throat and then continuing side by side to form a handle, said handle including an extension of said back plate, said channel members being connected together, and means independent of said back plate extension consisting of a ferrule throat member encircling and contacting the channels at the base of the throat where they converge and causing contraction together of said channel portions at the narrow base of the throat to draw said side channel members tightly together upon said face element and said back plate, said ferrule being locked in position to said channel members at said throat.

WILLIAM STEINEN. 

